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Year: 2021

School choice myths and facts

April 22, 2021 wpmessage

Special to The Message Editor’s note: This is part of our series on the Indiana Choice Scholarship Program The same…

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‘To laud You yet more gloriously’

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By MARIA SERMERSHEIM MEDITATIONE IGNIS ‘Tis the season to celebrate: Easter! No, this article is not published three weeks late;…

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Advocates continue quest to help those in deepest poverty

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By Victoria Arthur Statehouse Correspondent for Indiana’s Catholic Newspapers As the 2021 legislative session drew to a close this week,…

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Evansville Catholic schools receive Key to the City

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By Megan Erbacher The Message assistant editor During special announcements at Mater Dei and Reitz Memorial high schools, Evansville Mayor…

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Third Sunday of Easter

April 15, 2021 wpmessage

By FATHER DONALD DILGER SUNDAY SCRIPTURE Third Sunday of Easter First Reading: Acts 3:13-15, 17-19; Response: Psalm 4:2, 4, 7-8,…

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Truth is not popular

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By KRISTINE SCHROEDER LESSONS LEARNED “Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice” (John 18:37).     Truth is not…

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Donating bodily remains

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By FATHER KENNETH DOYLE QUESTION CORNER Question: At my death, I would like to donate my body to the local…

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April is Autism Awareness Month

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Prayer for Autism Awareness Month Loving God, Bless today in special ways all the children, adults and families who see…

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The freedom of silence

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By JOEL PADGETT CONNECTING FAITH AND LIFE It’s not uncommon in parish ministry to hear people express a desire for…

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Meet those we have welcomed into the Church

April 14, 2021 wpmessage

Special to The Message Following is the list of those whom parishes welcomed into the Church during Easter Vigil Masses…

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Washington Catholic Schools first in Ivy Tech LevelUp Program

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Special to The Message On April 7, Washington Catholic Middle/High School in Washington became the first Indiana school to onboard…

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Looking back at the history of school choice in Indiana

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By Victoria Arthur Statehouse Correspondent for Indiana’s Catholic Newspapers Editor’s note: This is part of the series on Indiana’s School…

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‘Still more work to do’

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By Victoria Arthur Statehouse Correspondent for Indiana’s Catholic Newspapers Editor’s note: As Indiana marks a decade of school choice and…

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Holy Week 2021 photo gallery

April 8, 2021 wpmessage

Bishop Siegel lights the Paschal Candle, being held by Deacon David Rice, outside the Cathedral at the beginning of the…

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Violent video games

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Question: My husband likes playing PlayStation video games. One of the games, called Summoner, is a role-playing game where you…

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Time

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It is almost impossible to write, speak or think about stewardship without the phrase “time, talent and treasure” coming to…

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Posted in: Radical Joy - Catholic Stewardship and Abundance

His mercy endures forever

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“The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom should I fear?” (Psalm 27). God never gives up on us,…

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A channel of compassion

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Late one Friday night, my daughter Anna’s beloved dog, Jax, was severely injured in an attack by another dog. Due…

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Second Sunday of Easter

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Second Sunday of Easter First Reading: Acts 4:32-35; Response: Psalm 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24; Second Reading: 1 John 5:1-6; Gospel: John…

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Celebrating the central mystery of our faith – Celebrando el misterio central de nuestra fe

April 1, 2021 wpmessage

By MOST REV. JOSEPH M. SIEGEL BISHOP’S CORNER Editor’s note: The Spanish versión of this column appears below the English…

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The hand-me-down: a love letter that endures

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By CHRISTINA CAPECCHI 20-SOMETHING Photo courtesy of “Theology of Home II: The Spiritual Art of Homemaking.” There are echoes of…

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The value of forests and trees

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BY DEACON TOM CERVONE, PH.D.; SISTER MAUREEN HOULIHAN, D.C.; AND NICOLE CERVONE-GISH, ED. M.S. OUR MOTHER EARTH Editor’s note: This…

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Posted in: Our Mother Earth

Burial in non-Catholic cemetery; Anxious as death draws near

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By FR. KENNETH DOYLE QUESTION CORNER Question: Years ago, my parents purchased burial plots for my family in the local…

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Virtual closeness, real community: Pope’s ministry flourishes online

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By CINDY WOODEN VATICAN LETTER VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Francis, his liturgy office and his communications team made very…

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The Living Stations of the Cross – El Vía Crucis Viviente

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By FATHER MARTIN ESTRADA BECAUSE I AM CATHOLIC Nota del editor: La versión en español de esta columna aparece debajo…

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Posted in: Because I am Catholic! – Porque soy Católico!

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